New world record Blue

  • rburns
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 284
    May 24, 2005 at 4:14 pm #364648

    Cool.

    I hope they release it.

    cattinaddict
    Catfish country
    Posts: 419
    May 24, 2005 at 5:02 pm #364663

    that rocks I am really glad they are letting it go after it’s stay at cabela’s, I might make the drive down there just to see it…..well maybe fish a little too after i see it.
    i had goose bumps looking at that beauty till i saw those gloves

    That is indeed a catch of a life time

    CA

    eye-full
    Waterloo,Ia,USA
    Posts: 660
    May 24, 2005 at 6:17 pm #364678

    That’s One Big Kitty!!!!

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    May 24, 2005 at 6:36 pm #364682

    Ignore that last post. I read the whole article. I see the star trib also has a world record fish listed, the red horse sucker.

    mile832
    MN
    Posts: 565
    May 24, 2005 at 7:12 pm #364686

    The amazing thing is it seems a new record is caught every year or two! What an awesome fish!

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    May 24, 2005 at 10:38 pm #364708

    Not just cats, but walleyes are getting bigger too! I think catch and release, and improvements on and around the rivers are helping too! Plus all the great information you get on sites like this one!

    tony_p
    Waterloo, IA
    Posts: 1792
    May 24, 2005 at 11:32 pm #364716

    All I can say is AWSOME what a kitty cat.

    bigpike
    Posts: 6259
    May 25, 2005 at 4:49 am #364753

    Not as big as you think, notice how he is holding that fish closer to the camera with his arms straight out……

    eye-full
    Waterloo,Ia,USA
    Posts: 660
    May 25, 2005 at 5:17 am #364756

    Quote:

    Not as big as you think, notice how he is holding that fish closer to the camera with his arms straight out……


    Thats one big Cat, is that better?

    flatheadwi
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 578
    May 25, 2005 at 11:52 am #364769

    Wow! Now I pretty much HAVE to start fishing. Here’s my (reach) thinking now – Mississippi River near the northern reach of the species range (within a couple hundred miles anyway) and it produces the WORLD record. Makes the idea of a truly legendary WI or MN flat seem not so far fetched, eh?

    demoncleaner
    East Troy, WI
    Posts: 246
    May 25, 2005 at 2:36 pm #364811

    Now…I’ve heard this fish died while being transported, definitely too bad. I believe they are going to do some genetic testing now.

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    May 25, 2005 at 2:48 pm #364814

    I have gone into mourning for that fish. Matt, I agree with you because I have seen the legendary fish once on pool 9. Trouble was she saw me and my rig and headed in the opposite direction. The tail that it showed me was as big as two hands fingers spread out thumbs touching. Afterwards, I sat there shaking, alone wishing I had been able to drag someone with me to drive the boat and pull the anchors. This big old flathead hit a winter killed salted shad of all things.

    dirk_w.
    Minnesota
    Posts: 669
    May 25, 2005 at 5:25 pm #364849

    I’m going up to 100lb. Power Pro…wow!!

    jason26
    Cedar Falls, IA
    Posts: 380
    May 25, 2005 at 10:53 pm #364908

    Awesome fish but it is also sad the fish did die as was mentioned being transported. Probably to stresed. dead cat

    eye-full
    Waterloo,Ia,USA
    Posts: 660
    May 26, 2005 at 3:41 am #364949

    Man thats to bad, that was a real trophy. Wonder how old it was?

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    May 28, 2005 at 2:02 pm #365245

    I saw the report up at Winnie….while fishing for 17 inch or less fish

    The picture they had on the news made her look like she was dead then. Kinda like she had her picture taken too many times…just speculation on my part…. too bad she died though.

    Just a thought, do cat’s mate with another cat of the same size??????

    flatheadwi
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 578
    May 28, 2005 at 3:27 pm #365250

    Fish in general, but especially freakish oversized fish, aren’t exactly designed to support their own weight out of the water. In the water, their density gives them near neutral bouyancy, but out of it their own weight probably causes quite a bit of damage. Same reason that 20 pound lobster probably died, and the same reason our own brains are housed in a liquid filled cranium.

    It would have been pretty amazing had the fish lived, taking this into consideration. I know other fish this big have lived (the Texacoma fish) and that’s actually the more remarkable story.

    I’m more excited by the fish’s existence in the first place than saddened by its death – and happy that people got a chance to see it at all. Now let’s see a flathead that size!

    daruoho
    Wauzeka
    Posts: 68
    May 31, 2005 at 12:15 pm #365479

    Thanks Bill Nye the science guy

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